Trophodynamic function of copepods, appendicularians and protozooplankton in the late summer zooplankton community in the Skagerrak

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 917-933

  Maar, M ^a,b,f   Nielsen, T G ^a   Gooding, S ^a   Tonnesson K ^c   Tiselius, P ^c   Zervoudaki, S ^d   Christou, E ^d   Sell, A ^e   Richardson, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; HERBIVORY; SUMMER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); CERATIUM; CERATIUM FURCA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA;

EID: 2542432334     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1263-9     Document Type: Article

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